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WATCH: Zimmerman trial erupts in technological chaos

(Madeleine Morgenstern) George Zimmerman’s murder trial erupted in technological chaos Wednesday when witness testimony via the Internet call service Skype was interrupted with a rash of incoming calls.

Gordon Scott Pleasants, Zimmerman’s former criminal justice professor at Seminole State Community College, was testifying remotely when a steady stream of calls began filling the screen, accompanied by Skype’s distinctive pinging noise.

The judge quickly grew exasperated and demanded the phone call be terminated.

“There’s now a really good chance that we’re being toyed with, just so you know,” defense attorney Mark O’Mara said.